Мы проговорили о политике около часа, выпили еще по пинте и вышли на улицу в лучах заходящего солнца.
– See the guy over there? – спросил Стивен. – It is Damon, a friend of mine14.
– Hello Damon, – сказал я. – Pleasure meeting you15.
– Entirely mine, – ответил Деймон, протягивая руку. – Hello16.
Мы вернулись в паб, выпили еще по пинте с Деймоном и пошли вверх по улице к нему домой пробовать французское вино.
– I very much like French wine17, – сказал Стивен, когда мы открыли вторую бутылку бургундского.
– And France, – добавил Деймон. – Tell him that you like France.18
– As to me, I very much like Scotland, – сказал я, отпивая из бокала. – Only here people wear T‐shirts at plus five and on winter evenings streets are lit up with white women's legs19.
Стивен и Дэймон одновременно захохотали.
– The only thing is that I have never seen Scottish lakes20, – закончил я свою мысль.
– You have never seen Scottish lochs? Why shouldn’t we go to Balloch then? They have as many white women's legs as we do and Damon owns a cabin over the loch there21.
– I have no idea where it is but it would be great. The day after tomorrow I am mostly free22.
– Why the day after tomorrow? I propose to go right now23